Boeri, Tito
Professor of Economics, Bocconi University, Milan
Burda, Michael
Professor of Economics, Humboldt University Berlin
Kramarz, Francis
Head of the Research Department at CREST-INSEE and Associate Professor at Ecole Polytechnique
Print publication date: 2008 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-923102-7
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.003.0004
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-923102-7
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.003.0004
2
Explaining the Data
This chapter offers a variety of explanations for some of the facts discovered in Chapter 1. Of particular interest is the male-female differences in the amount of total work — market work plus household production. A theory of the mechanisms by which social norms can affect sex roles in market and non-market productive activities is developed. The chapter then proceeds to consider the welfare implications of coordinating non-market activities within a local or national economy and develops a model that helps to explain some of the findings in Chapter 1 on the timing of market work.
Keywords: total work, market work, household production, welfare, US, Europe, non-market work
Keywords: total work, market work, household production, welfare, US, Europe, non-market work
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.003.0004
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